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Benares Shoals (or Benares Shoal) is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at 5°15'S, 071°40'W, just 6 km West-North-West of Île Pierre of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. The size is about 3 km East-West, with a width of about 700 meters. The least depth at the western end is 4.5 meters.